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Horror’s always had hidden truths. Night of the Living Dead wasn’t just about zombies. Candyman wasn’t just about mirrors. And Seams of the Infinite? It’s not just about baseball.

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Dock Ellis was more than a legend; he embodied courage and authenticity. His journey inspires me to stand tall in my own truths. Books remind us of the power of voices, both on and off the field. #booksky #books

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You can read the story as a weird, trippy alternate history. Or you can read it for the metaphors hiding under the seams: Control. Cycles. Systems that feed off you while pretending you’re free to run the bases. #CosmicHorror #Booksky

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The game in Seams of the Infinite isn’t just baseball. It’s control. It’s illusion. It’s what happens when time loops and power never shifts—when the rules are written by something ancient and smiling. #CosmicHorror #Booksky

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That’s where horror steps in. Cosmic horror, especially, is all about forces too big to fight—too old to reason with. And that resonates with people who’ve lived systemic dread long before it became a genre.

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Dock Ellis wasn’t just a pitcher. He was a voice—outspoken about racism in baseball, unfair treatment, and being a Black man in a system that didn’t want him to speak. He wore curlers to warmups. He called it out loud. #CosmicHorror #Booksky

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In Seams of the Infinite, we take that no-hitter and spin it into cosmic horror. The game doesn’t end. The crowd never blinks. And Dock starts to realize— this isn’t baseball. It’s ritual. #CosmicHorror #Booksky

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In 1970, Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates. High on LSD. That part’s real. But what if the game wasn’t? #Booksky #CosmicHorror

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The shy tiger cub in my children’s book? That was me. And maybe if I’d read that story as a kid, I wouldn’t have spent so much time afraid to speak. #TicoGoesToSchool #ChildrensBooks #Booksky

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I don’t write because I love literature. I write because I love impact. A sentence that sticks. A line that hits. Whether it’s a scream or a smile, I want it to stay with you. #WritingLife #Storyteller #Booksky

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I write horror and mystery because that’s where my mind naturally lives. I write children’s books because maybe—just maybe—I can help a kid stay out of that darkness. That’s the balance. That’s the work. #WritingLife #AmWriting #KidLit #HorrorWriter #Booksky

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Writing mystery isn’t about twists. It’s about the snap when it all clicks. That moment when the reader goes, “WAIT—WHAT?” That’s the juice. That’s why I write. #Booksky

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Horror is therapy disguised as storytelling. You scare other people so you don’t have to sit with your own demons too long. And if you do it right, they thank you for it. #Booksky

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I love writing, but I don’t read. Never have. Not proud of it, not ashamed either. I just like telling stories way more than hearing them. Some folks act like that’s a crime. Relax, I’m not trying to be Hemingway. #Booksky

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One thing about Bluesky, my Discover tab is full of the exact things that made me leave Twitter. They know what we're weak against and try to use it against us every day. I'm avoiding it. Toxicity is what I'm avoiding, going forward.

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Picture books are starting to look like Pixar storyboards—and honestly? I miss the charm of pencil-to-paper art. Give me rough edges, real textures, and characters that feel drawn, not rendered. There's something for everyone, I know, but for me, I want those imperfections.

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A lot of people say they want elevated horror. I just want something that scares me and doesn’t end with a monologue about trauma over soft piano music. I say this knowing quite well that I loved Pearl.

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Modern horror is 70% vibes, 20% neon, and 10% plot. Which is fine—if the vibes haunt me. But if your monster’s just wet and growly, I’m going back to The Thing.

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Writing kids' books is weird. You go from “the darkness is eternal” to “what if a tiger was nervous about school?” Both are true. Both are me. Gotta keep different pen names though.....

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DraftKings is out here handing you $200 for betting five bucks like it’s Monopoly money. Meanwhile, I’m losing to a guy who picked teams based on mascots. March Madness, baby.

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Caitlin Clark is about to do for the WNBA what Tiger did for golf. You can cry about airtime or you can realize the game’s finally on TV. More viewers helps everyone. #WNBA #CaitlinClark #SportsMedia

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Why can I never skip Predator when it comes on? It's because it's the greatest action horror film ever created, that's why. Threw it back to one of my favorite breakdowns: Predator (1987). Sweaty ‘80s machismo, jungle paranoia, and a creature design that still slaps. youtu.be/k-Iu33YUQ5Y?...

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I love the fact that Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will have 41 of 44 games on national TV or streaming. I've been a WNBA fan since Lauren Jackson days. Had a weird middle school crush on Rebecca Lobo. And Chamique Holdsclaw was a local heroine being from Tennessee. This will change things.

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#kidslit #picturebook Meet my collection of children’s books about rescue animals.

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🐯 Meet Tico—a shy little tiger cub starting school for the first time. He’s nervous. He’s different. He’s brave in his own way. Tico Goes to School is a heartwarming story for every kid who’s ever felt unsure about a big new beginning. 📘 Coming soon.

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Seams of the Infinite is cosmic horror inspired by Dock Ellis’s LSD no-hitter. Baseball isn’t just a game—it’s a ritual that holds reality together. One pitch at a time, the seams begin to fray. Time unravels. The crowd never blinks. The game has never ended. The void watches.

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I've been hard at work, going back and forth between projects - children's books and my cosmic horror novella - and I'm proud of the progress. Lacandon Jungle Press is my baby and will be the publisher for all my work. Hope someone out there enjoys what I'm putting together. I know I do.

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You remember the legends. I remember Rafael Belliard. Wrote about how a glove-first .221 hitter became my childhood hero. @ibwaa.bsky.social ibwaa.substack.com/p/finding-ra...

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Being different isn’t bad. It just makes life more colorful. Tico Goes to School is my first children’s book—a sweet, thoughtful tale about a shy tiger cub learning to be brave on his first day of school. Perfect for any kid who's ever been the “new one.” 🐯📘

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What if baseball wasn’t just a game… but a ritual to keep the universe from unraveling? Seams of the Infinite is my debut cosmic horror novella—an LSD-fueled descent into madness, inspired by Dock Ellis’s legendary no-hitter. 🩸 Coming soon from The Dark Archives of D. William Graves.

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New to Bluesky. I’m Billy Graves—writer, ranter, and storyteller behind two wildly different worlds: 📚 Tico Goes to School (children’s picture book) 🩸 Seams of the Infinite (cosmic horror) If you love tigers in classrooms or baseball as an ancient cosmic ritual, you’re in the right place.

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Hello all! I'm Billy, but you might hear me refer to my work by my pen names, D. William Graves or Flaco Sol. I write horror, mystery, and children's books, am a baseball geek, and horror cinema nerd. What I'm doing here, i don't know. I do know Twitter was no longer for me. Let's be great!

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